IGN has posted a first look about the upcoming RTS Dawn of War II developed by Relic Entertainment. Here's a small extract from their article:
The article comes with a brandnew ingame trailer of the upcoming sequel to one of the most played RTS games.
Update: IGN has now released a small Q&A regarding the items and the loot you'll be able to obtain in the game to upgrade your squads.
Relic's Jonny Ebbert, lead designer on Dawn of War II, sees the option for co-operative play as an essential feature if the genre is to move forward. "That's one of the big failing of RTSes at this point. It's built, especially the multiplayer component is built, almost entirely around an antagonistic relationship. Pitting you mano-a-mano against another player and it's a whole loss of face if you lose; it's a very high-pressure situation. What we found just watching multiplayer statistics online is that a vast majority of players would rather co-operate with each other against an opponent that doesn't have a human face that doesn't tell you what a noob you are if you lose. The co-operative campaign is based entirely around that concept. Players want to co-operate in a story-based setting not just in comp-stomp."
Sounds a little like player-versus-environment dungeon content, no? Did you also know Dawn of War II has loot drops?
Ebbert continued, "We want to keep [the campaign] as open and flexible as possible and as simple as possible... The campaign will be balanced so it will still be challenging whether you're playing by yourself or playing co-op with a friend."
Will any other races be playable in the single-player campaign? Considering after three expansions the original Dawn of War offered a staggering total of nine playable races, we're assuming Relic is holding back for now with the intent of announcing some at a later date. We know a lot of Warhammer 40K fans are hoping for Tyranids, but no word on it yet. According to Ebbert, "Right now we're only talking about the Space Marines and Orkz. There are a lot of things we'd love to talk about, but we've got a plan with what we want to release and when to build up anticipation."
Sounds a little like player-versus-environment dungeon content, no? Did you also know Dawn of War II has loot drops?
Ebbert continued, "We want to keep [the campaign] as open and flexible as possible and as simple as possible... The campaign will be balanced so it will still be challenging whether you're playing by yourself or playing co-op with a friend."
Will any other races be playable in the single-player campaign? Considering after three expansions the original Dawn of War offered a staggering total of nine playable races, we're assuming Relic is holding back for now with the intent of announcing some at a later date. We know a lot of Warhammer 40K fans are hoping for Tyranids, but no word on it yet. According to Ebbert, "Right now we're only talking about the Space Marines and Orkz. There are a lot of things we'd love to talk about, but we've got a plan with what we want to release and when to build up anticipation."
The article comes with a brandnew ingame trailer of the upcoming sequel to one of the most played RTS games.
Update: IGN has now released a small Q&A regarding the items and the loot you'll be able to obtain in the game to upgrade your squads.
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